{"id":430,"date":"2005-07-12T16:17:04","date_gmt":"2005-07-12T06:17:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/?p=430"},"modified":"2005-07-12T16:17:04","modified_gmt":"2005-07-12T06:17:04","slug":"heater-woes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/2005\/07\/12\/heater-woes\/","title":{"rendered":"Heater woes&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aparrently they&#8217;re only meant to last 10 years.<\/p>\n<p>Pity ours is only seven.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;re also meant to have a service every two years.<\/p>\n<p>We, of course, being responsible people, have had someone out every year &#8211; when it&#8217;s busted.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and the company that made it isn&#8217;t actually the company that made it, they bought it out and have nothing to do with this stuff.<\/p>\n<p>Great.<\/p>\n<p>So I sit with a small electric heater dreading going outside the office in fear of freezing.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s such fun going out in the car &#8211; it warms up quickly. I think I feel like going for a drive tonight. Anywhere really, as long as I can use my car heating.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aparrently they&#8217;re only meant to last 10 years. Pity ours is only seven. You&#8217;re also meant to have a service every two years. We, of course, being responsible people, have had someone out every year &#8211; when it&#8217;s busted. 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